Until March 1, 2015, my 2009 book about the impact on robotics and AI on the job market and economy, The Lights in the Tunnel: Automation, Accelerating Technology and the Economy of the Future, is a completely free download in PDF format.
If you prefer to read the book on Kindle, you can find it for less than $4 on Amazon.
The Lights in the Tunnel now has over 180 reviews on Amazon.
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I also have a 
new book Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future coming out in May 2015 from Basic Books (Hardcover, eBook and Audio Book).
Martin Ford 
Thank you. I will read this with great interest. I’ve been working for a couple of weeks on designing a portfolio of publically traded companies that will sell the hardware and software necessary to put the next wave of automation in place (fast food kiosks etc). I have not had much luck. Any thoughts on companies I should include? I’ll gladly share my results if you are interested. Thanks!
Thanks for writing a new book on the coming of a robot workforce. I think I’ll buy a few and give them out to my senator and congressman. They’re the most clueless bunch.